KATIE HOPKINS demanded smokers, drinkers and overweight people should stop treating the NHS as an “all-inclusive” service to stop it facing financial ruin.

The outspoken LBC host also thundered that taxpayers’ should not be out of pocket because of self-indulgence people who lack self-control.

Hopkins’ fiery rant was sparked after experts warned middle-aged people in England are facing a health crisis because of unhealthy lifestyles.

Public Health England suggested eight in every 10 people aged 40 to 60 in England are overweight, drink too much or get too little exercise.

Appearing appalled with the government body’s findings, the LBC host urged people to take responsibility for their own health, as she roared taxpayers’ should not be burdened due to self-created health issues.

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Hopkins’ fiery rant was sparked after experts warned middle-aged people are facing a health crisis

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“I believe if you have a problem that you’ve created, you’ve drunk so much that your liver stops working, you should pay,” Hopkins told her listeners.

“If your lungs need surgery because you’ve smoked yourself half to death, you should pay. In fact, that should come down to incremental amounts because not all of us can afford the £20,000 for an operation.

“When you go to visit the doctors, if it’s a complaint that is self-inflicted, you should pay.

“I don’t know why you imagine, some of you out there, some people out there, imagine the taxpayers wants to pay to pick up the pieces of your life because you can’t control what you eat or drink.”